A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CHINESE

Wed, 11 Mar '26
Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain"
Tue, 13 Jun '23
"American Born ___," prize-winning graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang
Sun, 11 Dec '22
Group of tonal languages
Tue, 3 May '22
With 43-Across, historical period found in each set of circled letters